2015 Chennai Super Kings season

Chennai Super Kings

2015 season
Coach	Stephen Fleming
Captain	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Ground(s)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
IPL	Runners-up
CLT20	Defunct
Most runs	Brendon McCullum (436)[1]
Most wickets	Dwayne Bravo (26)[2]
Most catches	Dwayne Bravo (13) Ravindra Jadeja (13)[3]
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Mahendra Singh Dhoni (11)[4]
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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2015 Indian Premier League. They were captained for the eighth season in succession by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

The Super Kings reached the final of the 2015 IPL where they lost to Mumbai Indians.

IPL auction 2015

Chennai Super Kings bought the following players in the 2015 auction:[5]

• Michael Hussey
• Irfan Pathan
• Rahul Sharma
• Kyle Abbott
• Andrew Tye
• Pratyush Singh
• Ankush Bains
• Eklavya Dwivedi

Squad

• Players with international caps before the 2015 IPL season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
3	Suresh Raina	India	(1986-11-27)27 November 1986 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹95 million (US$1.1 million)	Vice-captain
12	Mithun Manhas	India	(1979-10-12)12 October 1979 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹1 million (US$12,000)
13	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	(1984-07-13)13 July 1984 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	₹47.5 million (US$550,000)	Overseas
42	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	(1981-09-27)27 September 1981 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹32.5 million (US$380,000)	Overseas
48	Michael Hussey	Australia	(1975-05-27)27 May 1975 (aged 39)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2015	₹15 million (US$170,000)	Overseas
All-rounders
5	Baba Aparajith	India	(1994-07-08)8 July 1994 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹3 million (US$35,000)
8	Ravindra Jadeja	India	(1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	₹75 million (US$870,000)
47	Dwayne Bravo	Trinidad and Tobago	(1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹40 million (US$460,000)	Overseas
50	Dwayne Smith	Barbados	(1983-04-12)12 April 1983 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹45 million (US$520,000)	Overseas
56	Irfan Pathan	India	(1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2015	₹15 million (US$170,000)
68	Andrew Tye	Australia	(1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	₹2 million (US$23,000)	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
1	Eklavya Dwivedi	India	(1988-07-22)22 July 1988 (aged 26)	Right-handed		2015	₹1 million (US$12,000)
7	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	India	(1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹125 million (US$1.4 million)	Captain
9	Ankush Bains	India	(1995-12-06)6 December 1995 (aged 19)	Right-handed		2015	₹1 million (US$12,000)
Bowlers
6	Pawan Negi	India	(1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	₹1 million (US$12,000)
15	Ishwar Pandey	India	(1989-08-15)15 August 1989 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹15 million (US$170,000)
18	Mohit Sharma	India	(1988-09-18)18 September 1988 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹30 million (US$350,000)
19	Pratyush Singh	India	(1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2015	₹1 million (US$12,000)
21	Matt Henry	New Zealand	(1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014	₹3 million (US$35,000)	Overseas
22	Ronit More	India	(1992-02-11)11 February 1992 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	2014	₹1 million (US$12,000)
27	Rahul Sharma	India	(1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2015	₹3 million (US$35,000)
64	Ashish Nehra	India	(1979-04-30)30 April 1979 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2014	₹20 million (US$230,000)
77	Samuel Badree	Trinidad and Tobago	(1981-03-09)9 March 1981 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	₹3 million (US$35,000)	Overseas
87	Kyle Abbott	South Africa	(1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2015	₹3 million (US$35,000)	Overseas
99	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	(1986-09-17)17 September 1986 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹55 million (US$640,000)

IPL

Standings

Chennai Super Kings finished first in the league stage of IPL 2015.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Chennai Super Kings (R)	14	9	5	0	18	0.709
2	Mumbai Indians (C)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.043
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore (3)	14	7	5	2	16	1.037
4	Rajasthan Royals (4)	14	7	5	2	16	0.062
5	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	7	6	1	15	0.253
6	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	7	7	0	14	−0.239
7	Delhi Daredevils	14	5	8	1	11	−0.049
8	Kings XI Punjab	14	3	11	0	6	−1.436

Source: [6]

• Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
•   advanced to the Qualifier
•   advanced to the Eliminator

("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

Results

League matches

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

9 April	(H) Chennai Super Kings 150/7 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 149/9 (20 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 1 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)
	Dwayne Smith 34 (31) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/30 (4 overs)		Albie Morkel 73* (55) Ashish Nehra 3/25 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field

11 April	(H) Chennai Super Kings 209/4 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 164/6 (20 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 45 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (CSK)
	Brendon McCullum 100* (56) Trent Boult 1/34 (4 overs)		David Warner 53 (42) Dwayne Bravo 2/25 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

17 April	(H) Mumbai Indians 183/7 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 189/4 (16.4 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)
	Kieron Pollard 64 (30) Ashish Nehra 3/23 (4 overs)		Dwayne Smith 62 (30) Harbhajan Singh 2/44 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat

19 April	Chennai Super Kings 156/4 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals (H) 157/2 (18.2 overs)	Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind) Player of the match: Ajinkya Rahane (RR)
	Dwayne Bravo 62* (36) Chris Morris 1/19 (4 overs)		Ajinkya Rahane 76* (55) Ravindra Jadeja 1/29 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

22 April	Chennai Super Kings 181/8 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore (H) 154/8 (20 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Suresh Raina (CSK)
	Suresh Raina 62 (32) Yuzvendra Chahal 3/40 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 51 (42) Ashish Nehra 4/10 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field

25 April	(H) Chennai Super Kings 192/3 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 95/9 (20 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 97 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (CSK)
	Brendon McCullum 66 (44) Axar Patel 1/35 (4 overs)		Murali Vijay 34 (32) Ravindra Jadeja 3/22 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

28 April	(H) Chennai Super Kings 134/6 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 132/9 (20 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 2 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (CSK)
	Faf du Plessis 29* (29) Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla 2/26 (4 overs)		Robin Uthappa 39 (17) Dwayne Bravo 3/22 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field

30 April	Chennai Super Kings 165/9 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 169/3 (19.5 overs)	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Andre Russell (KKR)
	Brendon McCullum 32 (12) Brad Hogg 4/29 (4 overs)		Robin Uthappa 80* (58) Mohit Sharma 1/22 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field

2 May	(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad 192/7 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 170/6 (20 overs)	Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 22 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: David Warner (SRH)
	David Warner 61 (28) Dwayne Bravo 3/25 (4 overs)		Faf du Plessis 33 (22) Moises Henriques 2/20 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

4 May	(H) Chennai Super Kings 148/9 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 124 (19.4 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 24 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Krishnaraj Srinath (Ind) Player of the match: Suresh Raina (CSK)
	Suresh Raina 52 (46) Mitchell Starc 3/24 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 48 (44) Ashish Nehra 3/19 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

8 May	(H) Chennai Super Kings 158/5 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 159/4 (19.2 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and CK Nandan (Ind) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (MI)
	Mahendra Singh Dhoni 39 (32) Jagadeesha Suchith 1/21 (4 overs)		Parthiv Patel 45 (32) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/17 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

10 May	(H) Chennai Super Kings 157/5 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 145/9 (20 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 12 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA)and CK Nandan (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (CSK)
	Brendon McCullum 81 (61) Chris Morris 3/19 (4 overs)		Shane Watson 28 (30) Ravindra Jadeja 4/11 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

12 May	Chennai Super Kings 119/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils (H) 120/4 (16.4 overs)	Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Chhattisgarh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Zaheer Khan (DD)
	Faf du Plessis 29 (23) Zaheer Khan 2/9 (4 overs)		Shreyas Iyer 70* (49) Ishwar Pandey 2/27 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

16 May	(H) Kings XI Punjab 130/7 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 134/3 (16.5 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: CK Nandan (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Pawan Negi (CSK)
	Axar Patel 32 (29) Pawan Negi 2/25 (4 overs)		Faf du Plessis 55 (41) Sandeep Sharma 1/9 (2 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat

Playoffs

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Final

19 May — Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

24 May — Eden Gardens, Kolkata

1

Chennai Super Kings

162 (19 ov)

2

Mumbai Indians

202/5 (20 ov)

2

Mumbai Indians (H)

187/6 (20 ov)

22 May — JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi

1

Chennai Super Kings

161/8 (20 ov)

1

Chennai Super Kings

140/7 (19.5 ov)

20 May — MCA Stadium, Pune

3

Royal Challengers Bangalore

139/8 (20 ov)

3

Royal Challengers Bangalore

180/4 (20 ov)

4

Rajasthan Royals

109 (19 ov)

Qualifier 1

19 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Mumbai Indians 187/6 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 162 (19 overs)
Lendl Simmons 65 (51) Dwayne Bravo 3/40 (4 overs)		Faf du Plessis 45 (34) Lasith Malinga 3/23 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 25 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (MI)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat

Qualifier 2

22 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 139/8 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 140/7 (19.5 overs)
Chris Gayle 41 (43) Ashish Nehra 3/28 (4 overs)		Michael Hussey 56 (46) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28 (4 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 3 wickets JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Ashish Nehra (CSK)

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

Final

Main article: 2015 Indian Premier League final

24 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 202/5 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 161/8 (20 overs)
Lendl Simmons 68 (45) Dwayne Bravo 2/36 (4 overs)		Dwayne Smith 57 (48) Mitchell McClenaghan 3/25 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 41 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (MI)

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
Brendon McCullum	14	14	436	33.53	155.71	100	1	2	51	23
Dwayne Smith	16	16	399	24.93	119.10	62	0	2	52	16
Faf du Plessis	17	15	280	29.23	125.00	55	0	1	37	5

• Source: ESPNcricinfo[7]

Most wickets

Player	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	SR	4WI	5WI
Dwayne Bravo	17	16	26	16.38	8.14	3/22	12.00	0	0
Ashish Nehra	16	16	22	20.40	7.24	4/10	16.90	1	0
Mohit Sharma	16	16	14	34.35	8.43	3/25	24.40	0	0

• Bravo won the Purple Cap award as the player who took the most wickets in the tournament
• Source: ESPNcricinfo[8]

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